Shevah Weiss
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| Date of birth | 5 July 1935 |
| Place of birth | Borysław, Poland |
| Year of Aliyah | 1947 |
| Knesset(s) | 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th |
| Party | Labour |
| Former parties | Alignment |
Shevah Weiss (Hebrew: שבח וייס, Polish: Szewach Weiss, born 5 July 1935) is an Israeli political scientist and former politician.
Weiss was born on July 5, 1935 in Borysław, Poland (now in Ukraine). As a Holocaust survivor, he migrated to Israel in 1947. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a BA in International Relations in 1961, before doing an MA in political Science and contemporary Jewish studies and then a PhD. In 1975 he became a professor at the University of Haifa.
He served as a member of the board of the Haifa municipality between 1969 and 1981, when he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Alignment. Between 1988 and 1992, he served as a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, and between 1992 and 1996 as Speaker. He lost his seat in the 1999 elections.
In 2000 he became a president of the Yad Vashem Council. From 2001 to 2003, he served as an Israeli ambassador in Poland.
Weiss speaks Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish, Russian and English.
[edit] External links
- Shevah Weiss Knesset website (English)
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